shrimp
IPA: ʃrˈɪmp
noun
- Any of many swimming, often edible, crustaceans, chiefly of the infraorder Caridea or the suborder Dendrobranchiata, with slender legs, long whiskers and a long abdomen.
- (uncountable) The flesh of such crustaceans.
- (slang) A small, puny or unimportant person.
- (slang, uncommon) Synonym of butterface: a person with an attractive body but unattractive face.
- (soccer) A player, supporter or other person connected with Morecambe Football Club.
- Initialism of sensitive high-resolution ion microprobe.
verb
- (intransitive) To fish for shrimp.
- To contract; to shrink.
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Examples of "shrimp" in Sentences
- I like eating shrimp fritters.
- The shrimp consumes starfish alive.
- Shrimps and prawns are the main catch in the seas.
- In the growout phase, the shrimp are grown to maturity.
- The opossum shrimp is of enormous economic value to the bay.
- The shape of the shrimp plant is generally long and spindly.
- The snowball shrimp is a species of shrimp sold in the aquarium trade.
- The historical distribution of the conservancy fairy shrimp is not known.
- The area is infested with shrimp and they are soon aware of the intruders.
- A lamprey is brought in, extended in a dish, in the midst of floating shrimps.
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